#vim #golang

vim-golang-ide.md

The aim of this is to setup vim for golang development on my mac. Things that we are looking for is:

• autocomplete especially for buildin method and variables in the same file
• shortcut for running test and building code
• method listing

1. Make sure I have xcode commandline installed so that I can install the latest vim using brew in the next step without getting some sort of ruby error xcode-select --install

2. Need to get latest vim with lua support brew install vim --with-lua --override-system-vim

3. use which vim to check whether you are using the system vim or the new brew vim, the one you should be expecting is from /usr/local/bin not /usr/bin

4. I found the --override-system-vim didnt work for me so I updated my PATH variable to make sure /usr/local/bin is before /usr/bin

5. install gotags brew install gotags

6. get vim-go, neocomplete, vim-go-ide and tagbar plugin

git clone https://github.com/fatih/vim-go.git ~/.vim/bundle
git clone https://github.com/Shougo/neocomplete.vim.git ~/.vim/bundle
git clone https://github.com/farazdagi/vim-go-ide.git ~/.vim/bundle
git clone https://github.com/majutsushi/tagbar.git ~/.vim/bundle

6. Install all go binaries by running :GoInstallBinaries in vim

7. Install vim-go-ide by running sh ~/.vim_go_runtime/bin/install

8. Add the following to ~/.zshrc to overwrite vi command and create vim-go-ide alias

alias vimgo='export GOPATH=`pwd` && vim -u ~/.vimrc.go'
alias vi=vim